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Roland Perry · November 24th 17, 04:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 09:47:06
on Fri, 24 Nov 2017, remarked:

with 5 times as many cars, travelling 5 times as many miles, I find
it neither surprising nor wholly reprehensible that people are no
longer content to wait for the signalman to change the signals, then
come down from the box to open the gates. And those figures are
national. In London and the SE the changes have been greater.

That level crossing model, while normal in the 1960s, largely went out long
ago. So signalling is as likely as not automatic or controlled by route
setting. 5 crossings are supervised from Cambridge PSB by CCTV. Almost no
crossing gates require a signalman to come down from his box to open the
gates now.

Littleport station crossing!

And until only a couple of years ago, Shippea Hill station crossing.

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Roland Perry